{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1501.311","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.311","heading":"CHANGE IN STATUS.","body":"(a) The commissioner shall establish an application process for a small employer health benefit plan issuer that elects to change its status under this subchapter.\n(b) A reinsured health benefit plan issuer that elects to change its status to operate as a risk-assuming health benefit plan issuer may not continue to reinsure a small employer health benefit plan with the system. The issuer shall pay a prorated assessment based on business issued as a reinsured health benefit plan issuer for the portion of the year the business was reinsured.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE G. HEALTH COVERAGE AVAILABILITY","CHAPTER 1501. HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND AVAILABILITY ACT","SUBCHAPTER G. REINSURANCE FOR SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1501.htm#1501.311","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"e9f04cae9696179f15bccc3749e5956a6823b6f1444a2f9516feb17ae2018657","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1501.310","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1501.312"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}